Say it ain't so, Apu!

U.S. authorities are monitoring hundreds of Muslim and Arab small businesses across the United States looking for possible links between criminal scams and funding for militant groups overseas, The Washington Post reported in Monday editions.

More than 500 businesses, mostly convenience stores, are targeted in a probe of petty scams that authorities believe are generating tens of millions of dollars a year for terrorist organizations, the report said, citing federal officials.

The scams include skimming the profits of drug sales, stealing and reselling baby formula, illegally redeeming huge quantities of grocery coupons, collecting fraudulent welfare payments, swiping credit card numbers and selling unlicensed T-shirts, the report said...

Just imagine...those Squishees could be funding Osama's brigades!

And for all you spoilsports out there: yeah, yeah...I know Mr. Nahasapeemapetilon is neither Arab nor Muslim, but cut me some slack here.